Dear friends,
This year’s musical meeting at 15th rebetiko seminar in Skyros 14-21/7/2024 once again successfully completed its destination, highlighting at the same time the immense need to continue our effort. We unfolded our hearts together, forgetting for a while our worries and various concerns. We used the vehicle of our folk music and communicated, sang, enlightened our eyes and our hearts and our communication transferred us to forgotten paths of joy. The main tool was the genre of rebetiko music, which took us in its hug and traveled us… without unnecessary burden. Rebetiko gave us promises for the future, which always keeps and takes us in its protection using the same remedy for years now, healing our wounds. Let’s be well and get together again… because the rebetiko meeting of Skyros is the case of all of us and the fact of the presence of many young and good musicians this year arms us with courage and strength. Rebetiko is an important part of our identity.
… don’t forget to smile.
Be well, George and Spiros
Opening meeting, Sunday, July 14, 2024 at 9 pm at the Faltaits Museum’s atrium. We got acquainted, exchanged views and had a drink with traditional snack, offered by the Municipality of Skyros.
Open to audience speeches to the hall of “Anemoessa“Cultural Association:
- Tuesday, 16th of July 20:30 pm «Manolis Xiotis. The innovator of bouzouki» by Katerina-Mirto Fatourou and Kostas Kakoutopoulos.
- Thursday, 18th of July 20:30 pm. “Mortes-koutsavakia-magkes”by George Makris with simultaneous translation into English by Kostas Kakoutopoulos.
- Central event in the Square of Chora, Skyros on Friday 19/7 9:00 pm with rebetika songs and dances by the participants of the seminar and the Cultural Association “Anemoessa”.
- Online Concert with the participants of the seminar which will be broadcast live on Saturday 20 July 2024, 12 noon at the following link https://www.youtube.com/live/jGjwPuBRJmQ?si=ES1KAtEdgIznfM5i https://www.youtube.com/live/jGjwPuBRJmQ?si=ES1KAtEdgIznfM5i
Open music nights in the picturesque taverns of the island, together with the participants and their friends from Monday 15/7 to Thursday 18/7 10 pm.
Collaboration: Skyros Municipality, Cultural Association of Skyros “Anemoessa“ and Faltaits Museum.
The international seminar-meeting for rebetiko in Skyros started in 2009 and all these years has had a basic volunteer support group, the “Parapetamenoi”. Furthermore, is supported and strengthened by friends and all those who have been involved through the seminar-meeting. The framework for organizing and implementing this voluntary initiative has remained unchanged 15 years up to date. From then until today, this voluntary effort takes place continuously in the third week of July in Skyros with the cooperation of the Municipality of Skyros, the Cultural Association of Skyros “Anemoessa”, the Faltaits Museum and the local community. This year we announced the holding of the 15th international seminar-meeting for Rebetiko July 14-21, 2024.
https://youtu.be/HjUr9IZ0dmk?si=QiH9TsuA4IlCXXyI
George Makris and Spiros Goumas
Πληροφορίες-Information tel: 0030210-6410211, 00306972335227
e-mail: makres@otenet.gr and info@spirosgoumas.gr
